Festivals in Bac Kan
Long Tong Festival
Time: 10th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Nam Mau Commune, Ba Be District, Bac Kan Province.
Characteristics: Spring festival annual of the ethnic minorities usually arranged near Ba Be Lake, attracts many people.
The typical folk games for spring festival of the ethnic minorities of North-East mountainous area: sticks pushing, tug of wars contest, con throwing, giao duyen singing. In recent years, people arranged the contest of village singing between two hamlets of Tay and Dao minorities.
Xuan Duong Festival
Time: 25th day of the third lunar month.
Place: Na Ri District, Bac Kan Province.
Characteristics: The festival of the Tay, Nung, Dao; traditional cultural activities: folk song singing.
